Tuesday, April 1, 2014

WWE Wrestlemania XXX Preview/Predictions Part 2

                It’s time to say the one thing that WWE has everyone thinking but won’t say outright: There is no way that Brock Lesnar is defeating The Undertaker and ending the streak at WMXXX.  If for any reason you think that Brock Lesnar will do that, then you are sadly delusional, my friend.

                In the time that Brock Lesnar has been back with WWE since leaving UFC, he has had feuds with HHH, John Cena and CM Punk.  I really don’t remember him having any meaningful victories since his return or even at all, aside from defeating Big Show at the Rumble and, well, it feels like these days Michael Cole could have a victory over Big Show.

                If Brock Lesnar had been undefeated since returning to WWE though, and destroyed all who stood in his path… he still wouldn’t feel like a threat to the streak.   Brock Lesnar is a part timer at best.  It’d be like having The Rock, Batista or Chris Jericho challenge to end the streak—it just serves no purpose to have them do it.

                The three main people who have tried to end the streak thus far (and who have been somewhat seen as threats) were HHH, Shawn Michaels and CM Punk.   HHH could have done it via politics and just because he’s HHH so never put anything past him.  Shawn Michaels could have done it because he was the only guy who has been in WWE as long as and meant as much to the company as Undertaker has, so it would have been acceptable HBK to do it on some level.   CM Punk would have been a nice passing of the torch in a way and he was literally the only person at the time I think Undertaker would have been okay with on the WWE roster as losing to and thus ending the streak.

                What all three of those contenders had in common is that you’d say, “Well, WWE won’t end the streak because it’s the streak… but, they might for this guy”.   With Brock Lesnar, you don’t have that “but” clause.  With Brock Lesnar, it becomes a matter of whether or not this is going to be a good match (I have no real high hopes for it) and also whether or not the size and power of Brock Lesnar is going to overwhelm The Undertaker because he is so old.

                Look, Brock Lesnar might not get the pinfall victory over The Undertaker.  He may not go down in the history books as getting the W.   But, Brock Lesnar might just be the guy who injures The Undertaker to the point where he legitimately cannot compete and defend the streak again next year or ever again.   WWE should be selling that angle- that Brock Lesnar is an unpredictable monster and ‘Taker is old and frail- but you don’t want to book one of your main event level stars as old and frail.

                People might only want to see this match because they feel like Brock Lesnar might hurt Undertaker to a point where he is physically unable to wrestle ever again.  I’m not sure how I feel about that, and I’m not really sure who I want to see compete against ‘Taker in the future for the streak any way, but in many ways it just feels like The Undertaker should’ve hung it up after last year.  I hope this match proves me wrong when I say that, but sadly, I think it might just prove me right.